Standards

Verse 1

Marcy Projects taught me scriptures before the Bible

Bricks wrapped in plastic made a kid grow liable

Fast money come and go like a train on the platform

I flipped the work three times before the sun warmed

Verse 2

Audemars on the wrist got me fluent in the language

Portfolio deeper than the pool at the mansion

Basquiat on the wall got the critics understandin

Hov in the building they be clappin for the standin

Chorus

I'm the blueprint they study on the late night

Hova the standard even when the lights dim

Signed my own deal now the label pay my advice

Fucked around and built an empire off the instinct

Verse 3

Got a jet on standby name it after the vision

Champagne cold in the cup that's a life decision

Every hater got a front row seat to the ascension

Check the numbers they been steady on the extension

Verse 4

Swag so heavy they thought I walked on water

Jigga in the building no they never taught us

Came up from the block with a knapsack of logic

Now the boardroom sabers all respectin the topic

Chorus

I'm the blueprint they study on the late night

Hova the standard even when the lights dim

Signed my own deal now the label pay my advice

Fucked around and built an empire off the instinct

Bridge

Escrow in the office profit in the portfolio

Every move calculated every step I sow

Got the whole game boxed in a clearport

Young Hov came through and changed the report

Chorus

I'm the blueprint they study on the late night

Hova the standard even when the lights dim

Signed my own deal now the label pay my advice

Fucked around and built an empire off the instinct